Glass two-handled bottle

Roman

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Colorless with pale greenish tinge; base ring, handles, and trails in same color.
Thick rim, folded out, over, and in, and pressed into flaring mouth; short cylindrical neck, flaring out downward to sloping shoulder; ovoid body; applied base ring around edge of bottom; central kick in bottom and traces of large circular pontil mark; two handles applied in long, vertical pads on side of body, drawn up to shoulder, then curving outward as rods.
One trail in relief applied around underside of mouth and wound downward four times in a spiral; another trail applied under handles to upper body in a pad and wound down six times in a spiral, ending on lower body; pads below handles pinched into flat projecting fans, three on one, four on the other.
Body complete, but most of handles missing and many internal cracks, with small chips in rim; few bubbles; dulling, limy encrustation, creamy weathering, and iridescence.

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